Thai embassies discontinued to issue multi entry 1-year retirement visa by October 2023. It is impossible he has something like a "multi entry 1-year Non-Imm-O Retirement visa". He rather has a "1-year extended stay permit" for which he bought a multi re-entry permit for 3800 Baht
you don't have a multiple entry retirement visa. You most probably got a "1-year extended stay permit" for which you bought a multi re-entry permit for 3800.- THB. Except if you got a 365-days Non-Imm-O/A Longstay visa (not retirement!) then you got a multi re-entry permit included for the duration of the visa validity
yeah well you do not have to prove any booking. You just write an adress into the online form, bingo. Nobody will check it for accuracy. It is like the old TM6 form - you always were able to enter a fictionary adress (once I wrote into the form "Hotel Boom Boom, Soi 66, Pattaya. Chonburi" and nobody gave a royal f..
the police order says that for the application to the "change of visa type"to the 90-days Non-O visa, on Immigration in Thailand, the money must just sit in the account, no seasoning required at this point. Only the Pattaya Immigration will ask for a 2-months seasoning at this point (being Thailand's most corrupt office)
sorry, you are confusing the wording! The Non-O doesn't expire at the end of 90 days. A 90-days Non-imm-O visa expires the very moment when you enter! You enter and get a 90-days stay permit stamped. You can apply for the "1-year extension of the stay permit" from up to 30 days before the 90-days stay permit expires. You can apply for the "extension of the stay permit" as soon as your 800,000 THB deposit in your Thai bank account has "seasoned" for 2 months